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Moral panics / Kenneth Thompson

London ; New York : Routledge, 1998

Online Ressource (ix, 157 p.)

Englisch

1. 'Why the panic?' : the topicality of the concept of moral panics2. The classic moral panic : mods and rockers -- 3. Moral panics about youth -- 4. Moral panic about mugging -- 5. Moral panics about sex and AIDS -- 6. Family, children and violence -- 7. Female violence and girl gangs -- 8. Moral panics about sex on the screen.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [143]-148) and indexes. - Description based on print version record

Print version: Moral panics

0-203-98090-5 (electronic bk.); 978-0-203-98090-3 ( : electronic bk.)

0-415-11976-6 (ISBN der Printausgabe); 0-415-11977-4 (ISBN der Printausgabe)

OCoLC: 559572801     

OCoLC: 559572801 (aus SWB)     

Online-Ausg.

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HM291

302.542 ; 302.5/42     Ähnliche Literatur

bisacsh: PSY031000 ; bisacsh: PSY 031000

LOC-SH: Deviant behavior -- Public opinion ; Social problems -- Public opinion ; Social problems in mass media ; Moral conditions ; Hysteria (Social psychology) ; Social problems -- Public opinion ; Deviant behavior in mass media ; Deviant behavior -- Public opinion ; Deviant behavior in mass media ; Social problems in mass media ; Moral conditions ; Hysteria (Social psychology) ; Social problems -- Public opinion ; Deviant behavior -- Public opinion ; Electronic books

MeSH: Morals ; Ethics ; Mass Media ; Social Problems

Electronic books ; PSYCHOLOGY ; Social Psychology ; Deviant behavior in mass media ; Deviant behavior ; Public opinion ; Hysteria (Social psychology) ; Moral conditions ; Social problems in mass media ; Social problems ; Public opinion ; Abweichendes Verhalten ; Öffentliche Meinung ; Massenmedien ; Ethik ; Panik ; Paniek ; Angst ; Sociale waarneming ; Criminaliteit ; AIDS ; Massamedia

"This concise guide presents and compares the various different approaches that have been adopted in studies of moral panics and integrates concepts such as 'risk' which have been developed in related fields. With the increasing number of moral panics in recent years triggered by incidents such as the Bulger child murder by other children and the spread of AIDS, this book examines their wider significance, particularly in terms of the functioning of the mass media." "In this book, Kenneth Thompson traces the developments in moral panic studies and also reintroduces some of the initial broader relevance of this field by treating moral panics not simply as separate episodes but in relation to systems of representation and regulation, and as symptoms of wider social and cultural tensions."--Jacket

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1. 'Why the panic?' : the topicality of the concept of moral panics -- 2. The classic moral panic : mods and rockers -- 3. Moral panics about youth -- 4. Moral panic about mugging -- 5. Moral panics about sex and AIDS -- 6. Family, children and violence -- 7. Female violence and girl gangs -- 8. Moral panics about sex on the screen.